Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (HIRA) Course Content and Modules:
- Legal requirements pertaining to risk assessments –The Occupational Health & Safety Act laws which pertain to risk assessments, the difference between baseline, continuous, issue-based risk assessments and also look into the process of continuous risk assessments
- The importance of conducting risk assessments – The need to and when to conduct a continuous risk assessment
- Risk assessment documentation – Various documentation used in risk assessments e.g., checklists, planned task observation forms, standard operating procedures, etc
- Common hazards and risks encountered during a continuous risk assessment – The common risks and hazards encountered in the workplace
- Recording of findings – It is important to know how to record findings of your risk assessment so that it can be clearly communicated to the health and safety committee and the employer
- Remedial- and follow-up actions – Once hazards and risks have been identified and ranked, the employer then needs to act appropriately and implement control measures and methods to improve the safety of the working environment by reducing, mitigating, or eliminating the hazards
